Senior Software Engineer Fullstack (EdTech)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack): Designing and improving the Discover product, a platform for app usage analytics and license management for school districts, with an accent on developing high-performance backend services in Go and building intuitive frontend experiences with React and Chakra UI. Focus on integrating with LLM/AI services and optimizing SQL database schemas for large-scale analytics workloads.

Location: United States

Salary: $155,000 - $195,000 per year

Company

hirify.global helps build a future where all learners are ready and inspired to solve the world’s greatest challenges by providing a system of learning solutions purpose-built for K-12.

What you will do

• Design, build, and continually improve the Discover product for app usage analytics and license management.
• Develop high-performance backend services in Go that aggregate and serve millions of usage data points efficiently.
• Build intuitive, data-rich frontend experiences with React and Chakra UI, including interactive dashboards and charts.
• Design and implement gRPC and REST APIs for real-time data access and service-to-service communication.
• Optimize SQL database schemas and queries for large-scale analytics workloads.
• Mentor and coach developers, helping them improve and perfect their skills.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional industry experience leading and coordinating complex, large-scale features.
• Strong Go experience with production-grade services, including concurrency patterns, gRPC, and microservices architecture.
• Accomplished in building high-quality React applications with TypeScript, including data visualization and dashboards.
• Experienced in designing and implementing APIs (gRPC, REST) and microservices that handle high throughput.
• Proficient with SQL databases (PostgreSQL preferred) including complex query optimization, indexing strategies, and analytics workloads.
• Has working knowledge of cloud services (AWS preferred: ECS, Aurora, Athena, S3, SQS).

Nice to have

• Experience with big data analytics tools (AWS Athena, Spark, or similar query engines).
• Familiarity with probabilistic data structures (HyperLogLog, Bloom filters) for large-scale analytics.
• Experience integrating with LLM/AI APIs (Gemini, OpenAI, or similar).
• Prior experience in EdTech or building products for K-12 education.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay, complete health insurance, 401(k) matching, and an employee equity plan.
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and a paid year-end holiday break.
• A robust catalog of benefits that support your professional growth and personal wellbeing, including work from home funds, fertility & adoption reimbursement, and more.
• A varied and challenging role in an innovative, global company.
• Supportive, driven colleagues who have your back and share your passion.